Picture and like frame



' M y 1932- H'. ,HE'RZOGENRATH ET AL 1,859,511

PICTURE AND LIKE FRAME.

Filed Jan. 5.1951 s sheets sheet 1 y 1932. H. HERZOGENRATH ET AL ,859,

PICTURE AND LIKE FRAME Filed Jan. 5, 1951 Sheets-Sheet 2 y 1952- H. HERZOGENRATH ET AL 1,859,511

PICTURE AND LIKE FRAME Filed Jan. 5, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 24', 1932 area 1". OFFICE HEINRICH HERZOGENRATH, F BEELIN-CHARLOTTENBURG, AND HERBERT rmnnmor i BERLINZEHLENDORF, GERMANY s morons Ann LIKE/FRAME Application filed January 5, 1931, Serial No. 506,724, and in Germany Jui 10, 1929.

This invention relates to frames as commonly employed for the reception of photographs and pictures in such a manner that the photograph or picture so displayed can be *8 readily removed and replaced by another.

The improved frame hereinafter described may be also employed for displaying posters, railway timetables, charts, rules or regulations, advertisingmatter and the like.

According to the present invention the whole of the parts, that is to say the glass, mount and cardboard or plywood backing usually assembled with the picture for e2;- ample within the frame, are retained in position by means of a bar which is secured to one side of the frame and passed through an aperture in the opposite sidein such a manner that it projects beyond the edge, of the frame and is there provided with an aperture which permits of thesuspension of the frame. This and other features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following descrlption read in conjunction with he accompanying drawings in which:

Figures l-5 show cross sections of the frame to illustrate diagrammatically the successive operations involved in placlng the parts within theframe having a U-shaped base and securing the same in position by means of the retention bar.

Figure 6 isa perspective view of the rear side of the frame. Figure 7 is a perspective view porting strut and Figure 8 shows in position on the frame,

Figure 9 shows a supporting strutm combination with a source of light.

Figure 10 is a perspective View of a clip serving for clamping the backing to the glass. Figures 11 and 12 show a frame with a bar consisting of two pieces and adapted to be of a supthe same employed in both the longitudinal and transverse direct-ions of the frame.

Figure 13 is a view of the back of the frame with the bar inserted in longitudinal direc- Fig. 15 is'a rear elevation of a plcture cross section and the other sides cross section; Whenso constructed the parts 7 frame a bar 4 ,which is likely to picture or photograph is frame illustrating a further form mg my lnvention. f

As shown in the drawings one side 2 of the frame is preferably made U-shaped in ofangular to be inserted in the frame, that is to say the glass, picture, mount and cardboard backing represented for convenience as a single sheet markedl in the drawings, rest on the side 2 which forms the bottom of the frame (Figure 3). The side 2 may be made also of angular cross section like the remaining sides 111 which case the parts 1 sides of the frame may each be made in one piece or may be built up of several sections.

In order to secure theparts 1 within the preferably made of hardened spring steel is the bottom 2 of the frame and passed through an aperture or attached eye 5 in the opposite side or top 3 as clearly shown" in Figures 3130 5, 11 and 12. The bar 4 is of such length that when so disposed it projects beyond the upper edge of the top 3 and is there provided with an aperture which enables the frame to be suspended. Thus the bar 4110i; only clamps all the parts represented by the sheet 1 within the frame but also affords a means for suspending theframe which is an advantage particularly in the case of large frames as all the weight is carriedon the bottom 2 of the frame, thus the suspension of the pictureor photograph is not apt to distort the sides of the frame happen particularly when the sides of the frame arenarrow as is the present prevailing fashion. If a large size to be placed within the frame more than one retention bar may be employed. i i

If two bars areemployed near to the edges of the frame, said bars being so narrow that frame, the frame may be used for transparent or similar pictures, such as f. i. diapositives and the like.

interposed between As the. retention.

two glass plates. bar does not: bear on the employed which is secured toof apply are simply inserted into anopen frame (Figs. 11 and 12). The 6 they. remain concealed by the sides of the Such pictures may f. i. be

'portant ployed for the backing be of such a nature ing in the bottom 7 over all four sides 2,8,

me'ans of hook Mat '(Figs. 11 to 15).

ing beyond pension of the frame.

1 cured to pins, hooks or that it does not warpwhen exposed to heat or damp. The warping of the backing may however glass by means of clips '7 (Figure 10); which on the front or exposed glass side of the frame should be of such size that they are concealed by the sides. Thebar' l may be secured to the bottom 2 by soldering, (Figs. 1 to 6) riveting or in any suitable manner or it may be simply'threaded through an open-- 2and the end then turned up to hold it in position, forrexample, by theend of the bar 4, In this case-the frame is provided with openings on its opposite sides the bar t passing through the two apertures abutting against the bottomQ. and projectthe top 3 of the frame where it is before with a hole for the" sus- The bar imay howbeformed with suitable slots and sethe like on the frame by bayonet joints. This embodiment is particularly adapted for wooden frames. More- I 12,13, (Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 15) of the frame may be provided with openings or attached eyes and the bar 4 may provided as ever be built up of two or more parts 4 and 4 through the slots 5 the kind illustrated in (Fig. 14) so that it can be shortened or extended as may be necessary according to the length of theframe, 'of the bar being pivotally attached together the two or more by loose rivets. 7

'When opposite sides of the frame are pro-' vided with slots or attached eyes a strut 8 of Figure 7' may be em ployed for the support of the frame as shown in Figure8. This strut being made of spring steel, the ends 9 of the two arms maybe passed as shown in Figure 8' and the bent portions of the arms bear against the I ample for theeXhibition-of' public notices in cardboard backing and form a means of retention of the assembled parts within the frame.

For transparent and similar pictures, such as diapositives and the like, it is useful to employ the two-armed strut 8 in combination with'a source of light 10 arranged in the closed end of the strut, as shown by way of example in Figure 9. a

The frame according to Figure 6- may be readily secured to a wall or to'a door for exwhich case it may be secured to a panel of the door by means of a cup-headed boltpassed through the aperture in the protruding end of the bar 4, the nut of the bolt would then be hidden, from view and could not be inter ferrediwith. m

We claim:

I 1. A frame for removabl-y supportin-g a that the cardboard or ply-wood embe avoided'by clamping. it to the parts its ends to engage 4:. A'rectangular frame provided with aclips substantially in whichsides and having a sight opening and an inner ledge to receive and retain said card or the outer side of the frame to retain said card or photograph seated on the inner ledge and in the frame and provide means for suspendingthe frame. 1 v 1 2. A frame for removably supporting a card, photograph, or the like, comprising four sides arranged in the form of area.- tangle toform'a sight opening and means to receive, support. and display said 'card'or photograph in said sight opening,

of the frame, I ble in a plane normal to. the plane of the frame and having one end adapted to he threaded through said beyond the outer side vided with means for suspending said frame,

and means for securing the other end "of, the

3. A frame accordingto claim2, in which the retaining bar engaging oppositesides of the frameis provided witha hook at one of sight opening and with sides L-shaped. in cross-section for supporting. or receiving in superimposed" relation rectangular'r'sheets of glass, picture and backing and a, plurality of U-shaped in crosssection,

separate and independent of the frame, and

than the width of the sides of theframe surroundingthe sight opening and supporting sides of the clips corresponds to the thickness superimposed glass,

whereby the picture, glass and backing may 'be removed and replaced asa unit infsaid frame and said' clipsbe invisible, in said' sight opening when saidpicture is" inserted; insaid frame. 7, c .7

- 5'. A frame according to. claim 2', in which the retaining bar is composedof two pivotally connectedsectionsand having a hook atone end and a hole at the, other.

tu-res.

HERBERT TIADEN.

7 card, photograph, or the like, comprising four 7 and an opening extendingthrough one of said sides opening and pro ect of the frame and .pro-

the outside of said frame.,'

In testimony whereof we aflix' our'signa' HEINRICH HERZoGENRA'rHi.

a removable retaining bar flexione side ofsaid clipsv is narrower I said sheets, and the distancebetween the two picture and backi llw 

